Definition of dormants

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Definition of dormants


  • inactive but capable of becoming active (adjective)

    Examples

    1. her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened

    Synonyms

    1. abeyant
  • lying with head on paws as if sleeping (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. sleeping
  • in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (adjective)

    Examples

    1. dormant buds

    Synonyms

    1. hibernating
    2. torpid
  • (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a dormant volcano

    Synonyms

    1. inactive

See definition of dormants in Merriam Webster